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Bear in mind, this kind of French bloodymindedness is why we have "UTC" - because if they couldn't have "temps universel coordonné" (TUC) then we damn-sure were
by NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
Bear in mind, this kind of French bloodymindedness is why we have "UTC" - because if they couldn't have "temps universel coordonné" (TUC) then we damn-sure weren't going to have "coordinated universal time" (CUT).
- mywittyname 5y agoUTC works out better anyway. TUC and CUT are both terrible choices. With UTC the focus is on Universal Time and nobody cares what the C is for.
- anticensor 5y agoUniversal Time as Coordinated
- pyuser583 5y agoI did not know this was a thing! Fascinating!
- billyruffian 5y agoThe UTC abbreviation was made as a compromise between french and english[1] rather than bloody-mindedness from any one nation. This was back in the day when such compromises could be reached without rancour. For an example of the daft amounts of human life expended on examples of such trivialities, look at the amount of effort spent on arguing if the Concorde airplane should terminate with or without an 'e'.[2] [1] https://www.space.com/what-is-utc.html https://www.space.com/what-is-utc.html [2] https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinet-office-100/the-supersonic-airliner/concord-or-concorde/ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinet-office-100/the-s...